Toco Toucan

Ramphastos toco Müller, PLS, 1776

56 cmLength618 gWeight

Its large yellow-orange bill dominates its appearance, with a single black patch at the bill tip.

Busiest months: July–October · Most records: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Bill yellow-orange with a black base
Large oval black patch at the tip of the upper mandible
Body black; throat white; undertail-coverts red
Narrow blue ring around the eye

Male, female and young

Sexes show no obvious difference in appearance apart from size; juvenile has darker plumage and a shorter bill.

Voice

Song a series of grunts; also gives sounds like a toad snoring.

Where and when it's recorded

Toco Toucan has been recorded at 181 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

PN Iguazú – Área CataratasArgentina1,951 records
Poconé – Pousada PiuvalBrazil1,401 records
Aquidauana – Pousada AguapéBrazil968 records

More places

Rio Claro – Campus da UNESPBrazil917 records
Pantanal – Porto JofreBrazil843 records
Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de AndradeBrazil809 records
Poconé – Pousada Pouso AlegreBrazil774 records
Pantanal – P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributariesBrazil729 records
Georgetown Botanical GardensGuyana541 records
Refúgio Ecológico CaimanBrazil534 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Brazil Argentina Bolivia Guyana Paraguay Uruguay Suriname

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is endemic to South America, where it has a wide distribution from the Guianas south to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and its range has recently been expanding southwards.

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